UM-Bot Posted July 25, 2015 #1 Share Posted July 25, 2015 An ambitious new plan could see carbon dioxide being sucked out of the atmosphere and turned in to fuel. Canada-based company Carbon Engineering is aiming to not only help reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere but to also turn in to a type of low carbon fuel. Read More: http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/284029/wind-wall-can-turn-carbon-dioxide-in-to-fuel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonardo Posted July 25, 2015 #2 Share Posted July 25, 2015 (edited) And the amount of carbon dioxide output needed to produce/manufacture the 'wall' is only twice what the wall will extract over its expected lifetime. Edited July 25, 2015 by Leonardo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted July 25, 2015 #3 Share Posted July 25, 2015 At least it could be used as a kind of atmosphere filter. I can see something like this being used in major cities. What would be even better is to use this on mars as part of a terraforming project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundew Posted July 25, 2015 #4 Share Posted July 25, 2015 We already have something that turns carbon dioxide into fuel: They're called plants. And they're a lot cheaper to produce and require no additional power other than the sun. Now which would you rather have next door, a forest or one of these monstrosities? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Greenman Posted July 25, 2015 #5 Share Posted July 25, 2015 We got miles and miles of highway, Leonardo. It didn't look that expensive from the video. Got any links to the actual costs. Looks like a good investment to me, that might just pay off big time if you can make gas out of the stuff. I wonder how much to get in on the ground floor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Greenman Posted July 25, 2015 #6 Share Posted July 25, 2015 We already have something that turns carbon dioxide into fuel: They're called plants. And they're a lot cheaper to produce and require no additional power other than the sun. Now which would you rather have next door, a forest or one of these monstrosities? Reality is the trees can't keep up with our mess. Put some of these next to the highway where the view is already a mess and clean out some of our car farts and put it back in the tank to reuse. How about a closed system where the highway is underground where exhaust is captured as fuel and we have parks, trees and farms above ground. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zalmoxis Posted July 26, 2015 #7 Share Posted July 26, 2015 I can foresee this being a technique to filter air and conserve energy in a large base on a moon or another planet. This machine would be more economical in cities than maintaining trees between skyscrapers and apartment buildings, filtering far more air than trees can. I'd like to see these sorts of things used more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taniwha Posted July 26, 2015 #8 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Perhaps we should build these things in the tree tops and get the best of both worlds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qxcontinuum Posted July 26, 2015 #9 Share Posted July 26, 2015 how about planting trees and turn it to oxygen? wth is wrong with these minds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gecks Posted July 26, 2015 #10 Share Posted July 26, 2015 This could be a perfect solution for cities in the world like Beijing with terrible pollution and smog problems. Its a band aid fix I know but could help clean the air and lets face it, they're not making large changes to combat the problem otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred_mc Posted July 26, 2015 #11 Share Posted July 26, 2015 If we start using this in really big scale, there might be a risk that we bring down carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere too much so that a new ice age will begin. We humans are quite good at messing with the climate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast Posted July 26, 2015 #12 Share Posted July 26, 2015 (edited) This could be a perfect solution for cities in the world like Beijing with terrible pollution and smog problems. Its a band aid fix I know but could help clean the air and lets face it, they're not making large changes to combat the problem otherwise. The Beijing fog problem cannot be solved with CO2 extracting technology as the fogs dangerous contents are fine dust, NO2 and SO2 and these materials do not get extracted from the air by the device/technology that is in discussion here. Edited July 26, 2015 by toast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted July 26, 2015 #13 Share Posted July 26, 2015 This is a great start. You cannot improve a technology unless you start somewhere. I don't think anyone is saying to use these instead of trees. Just in addition to trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gecks Posted July 26, 2015 #14 Share Posted July 26, 2015 The Beijing fog problem cannot be solved with CO2 extracting technology as the fogs dangerous contents are fine dust, NO2 and SO2 and these materials do not get extracted from the air by the device/technology that is in discussion here. Yeah didn't think that through before I posted did I?.. thanks for the correction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted July 26, 2015 #15 Share Posted July 26, 2015 I think we should combine this technology into the creation of giant hepa filter systems for large cities. We'll call it a Smog Buster. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myster0n Posted July 27, 2015 #16 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Not trying to sound pessimistic ("fail"), this could give vunerable countries/ regions an out. Places like the Amazon/ Brazil now have a reason to continue chopping/ deforestation then install the fans in the freshly made City next to the Amazon! That said, it is a great 'addition' for cities/ deserts etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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